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(Amendment  2  to 
B.A.I.0rderl5S.) 


United  States  Department  of  Ayriruluire 


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BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL 


INDUSTRY. 


U-S.  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  2  TO  RILE  I,  REVISION  I. -TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  SPLENETIC  FEVER  IN  CATTLE.  AMENDMENT  REGARDING  CATTLE 
FOR  THE  OKLAHOMA  STATE  FAIR. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  provisions  of  Rule  1,  Revision  4  (B.  A.  I. 
Order  158),  dated  March  17,  1909,  and  effective  on  and  after  April  1, 
1909,  as  amended,  under  which  cattle  of  the  area  quarantined  for  Texas 
or  splenetic  fever  are  only  permitted  to  be  shipped  interstate  to  points 
outside  of  the  quarantined  area  for  immediate  slaughter,  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  suspended  in  so  far  as  they  may  apply  to  cattle 
intended  for  exhibition  or  sale  purposes  at  the  Oklahoma  State  Fair  to 
be  held  at  Oklahoma  City,  Okla.,  September  29  to  October  8,  1909, 
inclusive. 

Provided,  That  all  such  cattle  shall  be  free  from  ticks  (Margaropus 
annulatus)  at  time  of  shipment  from  points  of  origin;  that  they  shall 
be  transported  in  cleaned  and  disinfected  cars ;  that  they  shall  be  con- 
signed "Care  of  State  Fair  Association  of  Oklahoma;"  that  while  outside 
of  the  quarantined  area  they  shall  be  yarded  and  otherwise  handled  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  Regulation  14  as  contained  in  Amendment  4 
to  B.  A.  I.  Order  143,  and  that  at  the  close  of  the  fair  all  such  cattle 
shall  be  either  returned  to  the  quarantined  area,  or  shipped  as  "southern 
cattle"  for  immediate  slaughter,  or  dipped  in  accordance  with  Regula- 
tion 17,  as  contained  in  Amendment  4  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  143. 

It  is  further  provided,  That  at  the  close  of  the  fair  the  premises 
occupied  by  said  cattle  during  the  fair,  and  the  chutes,  etc.,  through 
which  they  were  handled  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  Regulation  14  above  referred  to,  and  that  no  hay,  straw, 
or  litter  shall  be  removed  from  said  premises  without  disinfection. 

Done  at  Washington  this  third  day  of  July, 
1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 


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